She liberally told the household-news,

Rejoiced her vile progenitors were gone,

Revealed their malice—how they even laid

A last injunction on her, when they fled,

That she should forthwith find a paramour,

Complot with him to gather spoil enough,

Then burn the house down,—taking previous care

To poison all its inmates overnight,—

And so companioned, so provisioned too,

Follow to Rome and there join fortunes gay.